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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder. Patrick Dempsey

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Great comedy is always sadistic. Patrick Marber

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I'd been to the Comedy Store, and I loved the terror of it and the way the best comedians could control the crowd. What confidence that would give you, if you could somehow survive. Patrick Marber

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Most of what I write is comedy. Patrick Marber

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I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business. Patti LuPone

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I was in musical comedy. And I did very well, but the memorization killed me. I'm not good at memorizing, and it gave me a lot of anxiety. I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn't really like dressing for parts. Patti Smith

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Sometimes I think your intellect can get in your way as an actor or an artist. When you come from a world of improv and comedy, you're able to let it flicker and fall out. Paul Dano

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The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable from person to person. Paul Di Filippo

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The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a late developer. I was last to walk. I was last to ride a bike. I was last to have sex. That's why it's fun to portray one side of your childhood onscreen. Paul Feig

Women comedy is different than men comedy. Guy comedy is very aggressive, it's about insulting each other, name-calling, and kind of busting each other's chops, and that's not what women's comedy is. Paul Feig

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Period costume films are fun to discover, but they're not relatable. It's more, 'Wow, that's cool - did it really look like that back then?' Whereas with a comedy, you're like, 'Yeah, that's me, that's my friends.' No matter what, I want people to relate. Paul Feig

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We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days. Paul Feig

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The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing, it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go, 'Hey, there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!' Paul Feig

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You know, dramas are much more expensive to do than say a comedy, so any kind of deficit like that is picked up on when it comes time for them to pick up new shows. Paul Guilfoyle

I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've dabbled in comedy writing as well as horror. I think if you can make someone laugh or smile it's the most special thing in the world. Paul Kane

Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable. Paul Lynde

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I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? Paul Merton

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When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. Paul Merton

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I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy. Paul Merton

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In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. Paul Merton

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In 1986, I was attacked in the street as I helped Neil Mullarkey from the Comedy Store Players to put up posters. We were in the wrong place at the wrong time - midnight - and we were English. I got kicked in the head. Paul Merton

I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore. I freed a lot of comics... if I never would have done comedy, it would've been a different art form... I'm sure of it. Paul Mooney

I like comedy, I mean, in all forms. Paul Mooney

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